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RULES and REGULATIONS 



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Accredited Schools 

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The State Teachers' Training Board 



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ROBERT J. ALEY 

State Sopenateadent of Public Lumictm 



Indianapolit, Indiana 
1910 



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I. THE LAW. 



A. The state board of education, in addition to its 
present powers and duties, shall be and is hereby consti- 
tuted a state teachers' training board, and, as such, is 
authorized and directed to arrange for a regular system 
of normal school instruction throughout the state; to 
designate what schools and what professional depart- 
ments in schools shall be accredited in the state system 
of normal school instruction; to fix conditions upon com- 
pliance with which present and future schools and de- 
partments may become accredited as a part of such 
system; to establish, inspect, pass upon and approve, 
reject, alter, amend or enlarge courses of study and 
teaching in the several accredited normal schools and 
the accredited professional departments in schools of 
the state; and to determine upon credits to be allowed 
for the work of accredited schools and departments, 
and equivalents, if any, to be accepted for such work 
or any part thereof. Said board shall make no rule, 
regulation or requirement applying to any accredited 
school or department which shall not under like cir- 
cumstances apply to each and every accredited school 
and department in the state, nor shall any require- 
ment be in excess of the requirements of the Indiana 
state normal school; it being the purpose and intent 
of this act that all schools and departments for normal 
instruction and the training of teachers shall maintain 
as nearly as possible like standards of excellence and 
efficiency. 

B. The state teachers' training board shall have 
power and authority to prescribe courses of study upon 
completion of which graded certificates of work done 
may be granted by any such accredited school, which 
certificate shall be recognized by the Indiana state 



normal school so far as such certificates meet the re- 
quirements of said school course. 

C. In order to encourage trained teachers to teach 
in. the district schools and in the grades in the small 
towns of the state, each accredited school and the state 
normal school may, subject to the rules and regulations 
of the state teachers' training board, establish a two- 
year course open to .high school graduates, the com- 
pletion of which will be accepted in lieu of a license and 
will entitle one to teach in the district schools and the 
grades in the small toAvns for three years without exam- 
ination. 

D. After two years from graduation, upon satis- 
factory evidence of professional experience and ability 
to instruct and manage a school, under rules and regu- 
lations therefor to be established by said state teachers' 
training board, graduates of any accredited school or 
department shall be entitled to diplomas to be issued 
by said accredited school, stating the character and 
amount of work completed. 

E. Said state teachers' training board shall grant 
to each school and department accepting the provisions 
of this act and agreeing to be bound by the rules and 
regulations of said board the right to use the word 
'^accredited" as a part of the title or name of such 
school or department, which right shall be revoked by 
said board at any time upon the refusal of any such 
school or department to abide by any rule or regulation 
of said board. 

F. It shall be unlawful for any school or department 
for normal instruction and the training of teachers 
which has not accepted the provisions of this act or 
whose authority under this act has been revoked to use 
the word "accredited" as a part of its name or title 
or to state that such school or department has been 
accredited. If any officer, employe, agent, owner. Or 
part owner, or instructor or teacher in any school or 



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department for normal instruction and the training of 
teachers which has not been accredited as provided 
herein or whose authority hereunder has been revoked 
as herein provided, shall use the word "accredited" as a 
part of the name or title of such school or department, 
or shall publish, advertise, announce or say that such 
school or department is accredited, upon conviction of 
the same, he shall be fined in any sum of not more than 
five hundred dollars. 



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11. DEFINITIONS AND RULES. 



A. STANDARD COLLEGES. 

1. Teachers. 

(a) Number. — There must be five or more teachers 
devoting their time* exclusively to college work. 

(b) Work Eequired. — No teacher must be allowed to 
teach more than twenty-five hours per week. It is 
advisable to reduce the work of each teacher to fewer 
than twenty hours per week. 

(c) In Department of Education.— Some of the teach- 
ers must be experienced in public school work. It is 
desirable that all should have had such experience. 

2. Finances. 

(a) Endowment. — There must be an endowment of 
not less than $200,000. 

(b) Income. — In lieu of the above mentioned endow- 
ment, an annual income, exclusive of tuition, of $10,000 
will be accepted. 

3. Entrance Requirements. 

Graduation from a commissioned high school or the 
equivalent must be required for entrance. 

4. Graduation Requirements. 

(a) Time. — The school year must consist of not less 
than thirty-six weeks. 

(b) Recitation iPeriod. — The recitation period must be 
at least fifty minutes. 

(c) The Course. — The course leading to the bachelor's 
degree must include four full years of work beyond the 
entrance requirements. 

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(d) Basis of Work. — The college may plan its work 
upon any hour-per-week basis from fifteen to twenty 
that it chooses. 

(e) Shortening the Course. — Only the student who has 
proven his ability to do so shall be allowed to shorten 
his course by carrying more work than the standard re- 
quirement. 

5. Equipment. 

(a) Laboratories. — The laboratory equipment must 
be adequate to meet the modern requirements of college 
work in the sciences attempted. 

(b) Library. — The library must contain at least 5,000 
volumes exclusive of public documents. It must be a 
growing library. The educational department should 
have a good collection of educational and pedagogical 
books, and sets of the leading school journals and edu- 
cational reports. 

6. Pedagogical Course. 

There must be a well organized course for teachers 
requiring not less than one-fourth of the time of the 
student who is working for the bachelor's degree. 

B. NORMAL SCHOOLS. 

1. Teachers. 

(a) Number. — There must be five or more teachers, 
or the equivalent, devoting their time to the work of the 
normal courses. 

(b) Qualifications. — The teachers must be graduates 
of universities, standard colleges, or normal schools. 
They should have had experience in public school work. 
They must be able to teach in a manner satisfactory to 
the State Teacher's Training Board. 

(c) Work Required. — Xo teacher shall be required to 
teach more than thirty hours per week. Xot to exeeed 
twenty hours per week is a preferable requirement. 



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2. Admission of Students. 

No student shall be admitted to the work for class A, 
B or C unless he is a graduate of a certified or commis- 
sioned high school or has a certificate of equivalency 
from the State Board of Education. 

3. Equipment. 

(a) Laboratories. — There must be adequate labora- 
tory facilities for teaching the various sciences offered. 
The equipment must not be inferior to that found in the 
best high schools of the State. 

(b) Library. — The librarj^ must contain at least 2,500 
volumes exclusive of public documents. This library 
should be particularly rich in standard books on educa- 
tional subjects, educational reports of states, cities and 
committees and sets of important educational journals. 
The reading table should be supplied with the leading 
educational papers. 

4. Requirements. 

(a) Length of Year. — The year shall consist of at 
least three terms of twelve weeks each. 

(b) Recitation Period. — The length of the recitation 
period shall be at least fifty minutes. 

(c) Standard of Work. — The institution may plan its 
Avork on either a fifteen or twenty hour per week basis. 

(d) Drills. — Work in music, art, penmanship, manual 
training, or physical training that requires no time 
other than the recitation period is considered a drill. 
Such work may be taken in addition to the regular re- 
quirement. 

(e) Extra Work. — Only the exceptional student who 
has proven his ability to do so may carry more than 
the standard amount of work. 



C. NORMAL DEPARTMENTS. 

1, Definition. 

Any college that does not meet the requirements of 
a Standard College, or any Standard College that does 
not establish the required department of education may 
open a normal department. 

2. Teachers. 

(a) Director. ^ — -The work must be in charge of a com- 
petent director who shall organize and manage the work 
of the department. 

(b) Number. — For class A and B work a sufficient 
number of teachers must be employed to do the work 
well. To be accredited for class C the same number of 
teachers must be employed as in a normal school. 

(c) Qualifications. — The teachers in Normal Depart- 
ments must meet the same general requirements as 
teachers in Normal Schools. 

3. General Requirements. 

All the requirements of Normal Schools relating to 
admission of students, standards of work, laboratory 
and library equipment, length of school year, recitation 
period, etc., apply without change to Normal Depart- 
ments. 



III. TRAINING SCHOOLS. 



A. KINDS. 

1. Observation. — All class A and B students should 
have the opportunity to observe expert teaching in at 
least three grades of common school work. These 
should be selected from the primary, intermediate and 
grammar grades respectively. When suitable arrange- 
ments can be made, prospective high school teachers 
should be given the chance to observe high school work. 

2. Practice. — All normal schools and normal depart- 
ments must give all class C students actual practice in 
teaching under direction. For prospective high school 
teachers it is very desirable to furnish practice in high 
school work. Standard colleges doing class C work are 
urged to furnish practice work when it is possible to 
do so. 

3. Country School. — All schools offering the special 
two -years' course must maintain a model country school 
and use it freely for observation- in the preparation of 
country teachers. 

B. TEACHERS. 

The teachers in the training schools must be well pre- 
pared and experienced. They should be normal school 
graduates or the equivalent. The State Board reserves 
the right to pass on the fitness of all training school 
teachers. ' - 

C. DIRECTOR. 

The director of the training school work must be an 
expert teacher and one who is thoroughly conversant 
with the modern field of educational thought and prac- 
tice. 

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D. EQUIPMENT. 

The training school rooms must be properly heated, 
lighted and ventilated. The seating and general ar- 
rangement should meet modern requirements. There 
should be a sufficient supply of maps, globes, charts, 
books and apparatus to meet all the needs of good work. 



IV. THE COURSES. 



A. CLASS A. (Twelve Weeks.) 
1. In Standard Colleges. 

(a) At least one-half of the work shall be done in the 
following subjects: Methods I, History of Education I, 
Educational Psycholog^y I, Child Study, School Manage- 
ment, Observation, Special Pedagogy of School Subjects. 

(b) Not exceeding one-third of the work may be done 
in General Psychology, Philosophy, Ethics, History of 
Philosophy, or ^Esthetics. 

2. In Normal Schools and Normal Departments. 

(a) Enough of the following subjects to make two 
full periods a day: Methods I, Observation, Educa- 
tional Psychology I. History of Education I. 

(b) One or two full periods a day depending upon the 
standard of work of the school, must be given to the 
study from the teacher's standpoint of some of the com- 
mon school subjects. 

(c) One period a day, without outside preparation in 
music, penmanship, drawing, physical training, or 
manual training. 

B. CLASS B. (Twenty-four Weeks— Twelve weeks in 
addition to class A.) 

1. In Standard Colleges. 

(a) At least one-half the work in subjects begun in 
class A, or in the study of other subjects there enumer- 
ated. 

(b) Not to exceed one-third of the work may be 
taken from the subjects enumerated in (b) class A, 
Standard Colleges, provided there is no duplication of 
work already taken. 

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2. In Normal Schools and Normal Departments. 

(a) Same regulations and subjects as in Class A, with 
no duplication of work and with the additional option of 
beginning School Organization and Administration. 

(b) Same regulations as in Class A, with no duplica- 
tions of work done in that class. 

(c) Same as in Class A: 



C. CLASS C. (One hundred eight weeks, eighty-four 
weeks in addition to Class B.) 

1. General Regulations. 

The requirement that a teacher of the third class 
*^shall be a graduate of a school maintaining a pro- 
fessional course for the training of teachers, or its 
equivalent/' shall be construed to mean that such 
teacher shall have completed a course of not less than 
three years above that required for graduation from 
a commissioned high school, at least one -fourth of which 
shall be of a strictly professional or pedagogical char- 
acter, and in which the remaining subjects shall be 
studied and taught from a professional point of view; 
and, provided that a graduate of a standard college or 
university which maintains a professional course for 
teachers, of not less than three years, accredited by the 
State Teachers' Training Board, at least one-fourth of 
whose work shall have been in such department, may, 
upon complying with the other requirements of the law, 
be admitted to "Class C." 

2. In Standard Colleges. 

The course must meet the requirements set forth in 
the topic "Pedagogical Course" under Definitions and 
Rules. Considerable time must be given to Observation 
and Practice in Training Schools or to Observation alone 
if proper arrangements can not be made for practice. 



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3. In Normal Schools and Normal Departments. 

The course should be well organized on the model of 
the State Normal Course and must provide for the fol- 
lowing subjects: 

Arithmetic twenty-four w^eeks. 

Language, Grammar and Composition, 

twenty-four weeks. 

History and Civil Government. twenty-four weeks. 

Physiology and Hygiene twelve weeks. 

Oral Reading and Literature twenty-four weeks. 

Geography twenty-four weeks. 

Penmanship • • • twelve weeks. 

Educational Psychology, with special reference 

to grade w^ork thirty-six weeks. 

Principles and Methods of Teaching, .twenty-four weeks. 
Observation and Practice in Training Schools, 

twenty-four weeks. 
School Organization and Administration, .twelve weeks. 

History of Education .twenty-four weeks. 

Manual Training and School Economics, adapted 

to all grades twelve weeks. 

Vocal Music twelve weeks. 

Drawing twelve weeks. 

Nature Study twelve weeks. 

Physical Culture (two hours per week), 

twentv-four weeks. 



^ D. SPECIAL TWO YEARS^ COURSE. 

1. Explanation. 

It is the sense of the Board that the two years' course 
open to high school graduates provided for in Section 3 
of House Bill No. 708, Acts 1907, shall be open to stu- 
dents under the same conditions as the other profes- 
sional courses. 



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2. General Regulations. 

(a) Term and Recitation Period. — These must be the 
same as in other courses. Seventy-two weeks are re- 
quired to complete the course. 

(b) Character of the Work. — All the subjects taught 
and all the work done shall have direct reference to the 
needs of teachers of the district schools or of the grades 
in the small towns. 

(c) Relation to Other Courses. — The two years' course 
of study shall be the same as the required subjects in 
the three-years' course above, with the exception that 
only twenty-four weeks' work in Educational Psy- 
chology is required, and no work in School Organization 
is required. In addition, twenty-four weeks are given 
to electives. 

(d) Observation and Practice. — The work in observa- 
tion and in practice shall be given in a training school 
consisting of two or more grades of children pursuing 
the course of study for the public schools of the State, 
substantially as outlined by the State Department of 
Public Instruction. Each of these subjects shall be con- 
sidered a full study for a term of not less than twelve 
weeks, and shall have not less than one -fourth of the 
time and attention of the student during such period. 

Since the teachers taking this course are to teach in 
the rural schools and in the schools of the smaller towns, 
it is ordered by the Board that the schools for observa- 
tion and practice shall include a country training school 
of standard excellence. 

3. The Course in Detail. 

It must be well organized on the model of that offered 
by the State Normal Sehool. It must contain the fol- 
lowing subjects; 

Language, Grammar and Composition, 

twenty-four weeks. 
Arithmetic twenty-four weeks. 



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Oral Keading and Literature twenty-four weeks.. 

Xxeography twenty-four weeks. 

History and Civil Government twenty-four weeks. 

Physiology and Hygiene twelve weeks. 

VocaJ Music twelve weeks. 

Drawing twelve weeks. 

Principles and Methods of Teaching, 

twenty-four weeks. 
Educational Psychology, with special reference to 

grade work .twenty-four weeks. 

Observation and Practice in Training Schools, 

graded and country twenty-four weeks. 

Manual Training and School Economics adapted 

to all grades twelve weeks. 

Physical Culture (two hours per week), 

twenty-four weeks. 

History of Education twelve weeks. 

Penmanship twelve weeks. 

Elective (from other courses) twenty-four weeks. 



V. HIGH SCHOOL WORK IN 
ACCREDITED SCHOOLS. 



A. COLLEGES. 

1. Academy or Preparatory Department. 
The academy or preparatory department of any col- 
lege may be given an equivalency commission provided 
its courses, equipment and teaching force fulfill the 
standards required of commissioned high schools. 

2. Sub-Freshman Work. 

If the college is standard and maintains sub-freshman 
classes, the completion in such classes of all the work 
required for entrance will be regarded as equivalent to 
the completion of a commissioned course. 

B. IN NORMAL SCHOOLS. 

1. Regular Course. — Any normal school may organize 
a course of not less than thirty-two months' duration 
and receive an equivalency commission for the same 
provided the course, the equipment for conducting it and 
the teachers engaging in the instruction meet the re- 
quirements for a commissioned high school. 

2. By Credits. 

(a) Definition of Credit. — A credit of high school work 
in an accredited school shall be one subject with daily 
recitations for one term of twelve weeks. Four credits 
per term shall constitute the work of a student. 

(b) Requirements for Certified Work. — 
9 credits in English. 

9 " in Foreign Language. 
6 " in Science (3 in each of 2 sciences). 
8 " in Mathematics. 

5 " in History (not more than 2 of these in 
U. S. History). 

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Music and Drawing. — Work in each of these subjects 
must be given in an amount equal to one hour per week 
for six terms. 

(c) Requirements for Commissioned Work. — The same 
as for certified work, with the addition of 5 credits from 
the general field of high school subjects. 

C. METHODS OF PASSING ON THE QUALIFICA- 
TION OF IRREGULARLY PREPARED 
STUDENTS. 

1. In Colleges. 

• (a) By completing the regular certified or commis- 
sioned course. 

(b) By satisfying the entrance requirements provided 
the college is a standard one. 

(c) By taking enough work to pass successfully the 
State Board's equivalency test. 

2, In Normal Schools. 

(a) By completing the regular commissioned or either 
of the credit courses. 

(b) By taking enough work to pass successfully the 
State Board's equivalency test. 

(c) Advanced Standing. — Advanced standing may be 
given students. The units of credit given should be de- 
termined by the credentials submitted from other schools 
or by rigid examination. In either case a complete 
record of the data used in determining the advanced 
credits should be kept on file. 



VI. MISCELLANEOUS. 



A. THE TWELVE WEEKS' COURSE. 

1. Length of Term. 

The twelve weeks' period shall cover not less than 
twelve full calendar weeks of actual school work, includ- 
ing necessary days of classification and registration of 
students, legal holidays and commencement exercises. 

2. When Taken. 

This work must be taken after the legal qualifications 
are met. It may be taken in two terms of six weeks 
each, or it may be extended through two or three twelve 
weeks' terms. 

3. Time of Entering. 

Students should enter at the beginning of the term. 
Late entrance should not be allowed unless the school is 
prepared to give the student such attention as will 
insure valuable and continuous work. If these condi- 
tions exist then students may enter at any time pro- 
vided no credit is given for less than one half term's 
attendance. 

4. Absence. 

Students absent not to exceed ten school days within 
the twelve weeks, and who pass all the examinations 
and do satisfactorily all the scholastic work of the 
tAvelve weeks, shall be regarded as fulfilling all the re- 
quirements of the law. This provision is not to be con- 
strued as reducing the twelve weeks' term to ten weeks, 
but is intended to cover simply and only cases of sick- 
ness or other unavoidable absence. Since a student is 
not in the institution until he enters, and since he must 



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be present at the close to pass his examinations, the 
ten days' absence mentioned above can not occur either 
at the beginning or end of the term. 

B. KEEPING OF RECORDS. 

1. In Secondary Schools. 

All certified and commissioned high schools and all 
equivalency commission and certified schools are re- 
quired to keep permanent records containing the follow- 
ing items for each pupil: Studies pursued, credits and 
grades given in each study, the number of recitations 
each, week in each study, length of recitation, total 
credits given, number of w^eeks' attendance per year, and 
total number of weeks' attendance. 

2. Furnish Pupils. 

Each pupil shall be furnished a certified copy of this 
record at the time of graduation or permanent with- 
drawal from the school. 

3. In Accredited School. 

When a student enters an accredited school a copy of 
his high school record or his certificate of equivalency 
must be filed and made a matter of permanent record. 

C. ISSUING CERTIFICATES. 

When a student completes the work of any class he 
must be furnished a certificate stating the fact. The 
school issuing the same must at once send a duplicate 
to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

D. WORK DONE OUTSIDE OF INDIANA. 

1. No Schools Accredited. 

For obvious reasons no schools outside of Indiana are 
put on the accredited list. 



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2. Work Recognized. 

When professional work is done outside the state it 
may be recognized by proceeding as follows: 

(a) File with the State Superintendent of Public In- 
struction certified credentials of high school work done. 

(b) File with the State Superintendent of Public In- 
struction a certified statement of the nature, amount, 
aijd grade of professional work done. 

(c) If both (a) and (b) are satisfactory the State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a cer- 
tificate stating the class of work completed. 

E. ADVERTISING. 

Every accredited school shall be required to print on 
its catalogue, advertising matter and bulletins the class 
or classes for which it has been accredited, if the word 
accredited is used at all in such publications. 

F. CLASSES AND LICENSES. 

1. A teacher who has completed Class A work is 
eligible for a twelve months' license. Xo higher grade 
license may be issued to a teacher of this class. The 
teacher may remain in this class indefinitely. He can 
not pass out of it until he takes Class B work, has at 
least one year of experience, and makes a grade for a 
twenty-four months' license. 

2. A teacher who has completed Class B work and 
has had one year's experience is eligible for a twenty - 
four months' license, and no higher grade license may 
be issued to a teacher of this class. A teacher can not 
pass out of Class B until he completes Class C pro- 
fessional work, has at. least three years' experience, and 
makes a grade for a thirty-six months' license. 

3. A teacher who has completed Class C work and 
who has had three years' experience is eligible to a 
thirty-six months' license. 



